Johannes klauder



N0. 6I|,9l5. Patented Oct. 4, I898.

.LKLAUDER.

mus GAME.

(Application filed Oct. 28, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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RING GAME.

, SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 611,915, datedOctober 4, 1898.

Application filed October 28, 1897. Serial No. 656,649. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JoHANNEs KLAUDER, manufacturer,ofElisabethstrasse,18, Dessau, Province of Anhalt, in the Kingdom ofPrussia, Germany, have invented a new and useful Ring Game, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a ring game, the object of which is to makerings, being flipped from a soft layer by means of pressing them withchecks and compelling the same to spring upon hooks or pins arranged onany suitable object.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a similar parthereof, and of which similar letters of reference indicate similarparts, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the above-mentioned object Z),showing numbered hooks or pins a, as an example, a box being taken. Fig.2 represents a view and section of a check e. Fig. 3 shows the ring 0 tobe played with, alsoin view and sec tion. Fig. 4 indicates a softsuitable layer of any kind.

The ring game can be played by two or more individuals, the box or otherobject cl being placed in the middle of a table, 850.,

- between the playing persons, so that each one has a side with hooksopposite to him.

It is obvious that I am not confined to the use of the executed examplerelating to the box shown in the accompanying drawings, and no furthermentioning is necessary, and that opened or closed objects of any kindand form, as quadratic, many-sided, or round, can

' be used instead of a box.

.the game at all.

are marked in some other way to give a distinctive character.

The general rule for executing the game is as follows: A ring 0 isplaced upon the cushion d. The player then presses his check against therim of the ring till the same bounds up against the object, Fig. 1,provided with the numbered hooks. If the ring falls into or on top ofthe object, the same is counted as lost, while when the ring drops tothe side of the object it can be played with again. If a ring boundsupon a hook or pin a, the same remains hanging and is succeeded by asecond ring. As soon as one player has all his rings hanging upon thehooks or pins half of the stake is awarded to him. As already mentioned,each hook is provided with a certain number of anykind' and arrangement,so the other half of the stake is awarded to the onewho has the largestnumber in lucky hits, which, under circumstances of course, can be thesame individual whose rings were first hanging on the hooks.

It is shown that any other desired rule can be put up without injuringthe character of Rings as well as checks can be made of any material, asbone, ivory, rubber, &c. The game-box, Fig. 1, can also be constructedout of any suitable material.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is-

1. The combination with a box having a top of substantial area, of aseries of numbered pins or hooks secured to the side of the box and aseries of rings arranged to be flipped against the hooks by means ofchecks.

2. The combination with a box having an open top, of a series ofnumbered pins or hooks secured to its side face, andaseries of ringsarranged to be flipped against the hooks by checks thrust against them.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twowitnesses.

J OHANNES KLAUDER. \Vitnesses:

GUSTAV SEIFERT, B. H. WARNER, Jr.

